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Friday, November 1, 2013

In November I am Thankful for...New Books! (part 2)

The End Games by T. Michael Martin

Seventeen-year-old Michael and his baby brother, five-year-old Patrick,
have managed to stay alive by following the Instructions of a mysterious
Games Master. They spend their nights fighting the Bellows, grotesque,
flesh-eating creatures. But the brothers may not survive much longer.
The Bellows are evolving. And the others in The Game don't always follow
the rules.

Endless Knight by Kresley Cole

Evie has fully come into her powers as the Tarot
Empress, and Jack was there to see it all. She now knows that the teens
who've been reincarnated as the Tarot are in the throes of an epic
battle. It's kill or be killed, and the future of mankind hangs in
the balance. With threats lurking around every corner,
Evie is forced to trust her newfound alliance. Together they must fight
not only other Arcana, but also Bagmen zombies, post-apocalyptic
storms, and cannibals. When Evie meets Death,
things get even more complicated. Though falling for Jack, she's
drawn to the dangerous Endless Knight as well. Somehow the Empress and
Death share a history, one that Evie can't remember but Death
can't forget.

The Extra by Kathryn Lasky

Is the chance to serve as an extra for Hitler's favorite filmmaker a
chance at life -- or a detour on the path to inevitable extermination?
In this chilling but ultimately uplifting novel, Kathryn Lasky imagines
the lives of the Gypsies who worked as extras for the real Nazi
filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, giving readers a story of survival unlike
any other.

Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make or Break Moment by Carla Killough McClafferty

When the 1905 football season ended, nineteen players were dead and
countless others were critically injured. The public was outraged. The
game had reached a make-or-break moment fourth down and inches. Coaches,
players, fans, and even the president of the United States had one last
chance: change football or leave the field. Football's defenders
managed to move the chains. Rule changes and reforms after 1905 saved
the game and cleared the way for it to become America's most popular
sport. But they didn't fix everything. Today, football faces a new
injury crisis as dire as 1905's. With increased awareness about brain
injury, reported concussions are on the rise among football players. But
experts fear concussions may only be the tip of the iceberg. The
injuries are almost invisible, but the stakes couldn't be higher: the
brains of millions of young football players across the country.

Man Made Boy by Jon Skovron

Sixteen-year-old Boy’s never left home. When you’re the son of
Frankenstein’s monster and the Bride, it’s tough to go out in public,
unless you want to draw the attention of a torch-wielding mob. And
since Boy and his family live in a secret enclave of monsters hidden
under Times Square, it’s important they maintain a low profile. Boy’s only interactions with the world are through the Internet, where
he’s a hacker extraordinaire who can hide his hulking body and
stitched-together face behind a layer of code. When conflict erupts at
home, Boy runs away and embarks on a cross-country road trip with the
granddaughters of Jekyll and Hyde, who introduce him to malls and
diners, love and heartbreak. But no matter how far Boy runs, he can’t
escape his demons—both literal and figurative—until he faces his family
once more.